Lexical Definition

‎מַחְסוֹר‎ machçôwr (makh-sore') need ^H:N-M
or מַחְסֹר machçôr (makhsore'); from ‎חָסֵר‎

lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.

• deficiency
• hence, impoverishment

1) need, poverty, thing needed
1a) need, thing needed
1b) lack, want
1c) need, poverty

See Greek: ἐλάσσων · ὑστέρημα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַחְסוֺר‎, ‎מַחְסֹר‎ noun [masculine] need, thing needed, poverty; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Prov 11:24 + 6 t.; construct Judg 18:10; Judg 19:19 suffix ‎מַחְסוֺרְךָ‎ Judg 19:20 ‎מַחְסרְךָ‎ Prov 6:11 ‎מַחְסֹרוֺ‎ Deut 15:8 plural suffix ‎מַחְסֹרֶיךָ‎ Prov 24:34 —

1. need = thing needed ‎דֵּי מַחְסֹרוֺ‎ Deut 15:8 enough for his need (followed by ‎אשׁר יֶחְסַר לוֺ‎, compare ‎חָסֵר‎ verb); ‎עָלָ֑י‎ ‎׳‎‎כָּלמֿ‎ Judg 19:20 all thy need be upon me (for me to provide).

2. lack, want ‎כָּלדָּֿבָר‎ ‎׳‎‎אֵין מ‎ Judg 18:10 no lack of anything, Judg 19:19; Ps 34:10*.

3. in general, need, poverty Prov 6:11 (|| ‎רֵאשׁ‎) = Prov 24:34 (|| ‎רֵישׁ‎), Prov 11:24; Prov 14:23; Prov 21:5; Prov 22:16; Prov 28:27 ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ מ‎ Prov 21:17 a man of poverty.

‎חַף‎ see II. ‎חפף‎.

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